Dispenser and process of making the same



E M A S E H T G N m EA M F O US 5 E H D N A R E S N E P S I D Filed April 6, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR Dow/940 D. Mz/lz r5 ATTORNEY W, 1936. D. 1D. KUHLKE 2,041,190

DISPENSER AND PROCESS OF MAKING THE SAME Filed April 6, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 mvamon Dav/7L0 D. KIM/ 5 ATTORNEY means, which is usually an expansive spring, dis- By this expedient the mouth will always open up Patented May 19, 1936 4 Y UNITEIDSTATES PATENT OFFICE DISPENSER AND PROCESS OF MAKING THE SAME.

Donald D. Kuhlke, Akron, Ohio Application April 6, 1935, Serial No. 15,075

3 Claims. (01. 150-10) The present invention relates to dispensers The pouch is made of any suitable material, adapted for use on various containers, and while but for the purposes herein disclosed it may be it may be employed for many purposes it is parmade wholly of vulcanized rubber. As molded, ticularly adapted to that form of container which it consists of the body portion I and the inner and 5 is commonly used asatobacco pouch. The invenouter closure flaps 2 and 3, respectively. The 5 tion has for its object improving upon the disinner flap 2 is the same width as the filling openpenser so as to make it more certain of operation, ing, while the outer flap 3 is made slightly wider. particularly in the opening. This is for the purpose of providing a perfect The container shown is preferably made of seal at this end of the pouch as the outer flap,

rubber and provided with a mouth or dispenser when closed, will overlap the opening on either 10 which is held closed, but which will open up on side. This is shown in Figures 1 and 6. The the exertion of pressure on the ends .of the mouth inner flap 2 is somewhat shorter than the outer portion, the container invariably opening by the flap and is tucked over the contents of the pouch simple squeezing operation. It has been probefore the outer flap is closed, as shown in posed heretofore to make rubber pouches with a Figure 8. l5 slit or cut in the mouth thereof with the inten- The mouth, which may be integral with the tion that it shall be opened up by pressurabut body as shown, or a separate piece fastened therequite frequently the mouth fails to open, instead in, is indicated at 4 and is molded in the form the mouth portion will buckle rather than open. shown in Figure 3, that is to say, the rubber is This is obviated by the present invention. vulcanized with the discharge aperture standing My dispenser will always open for the reason open. The rubber thus tends to return to open that the mouth portion is made of rubber or position, so that when the expanding force is reequivalent material molded or initially formed so laXed the two sides or lips will spread apart to that it will normally stand open, the closing the position in which they were originally formed.

torting the mouth from its normal position to when the spring pressure is released, as by pressbring it intoclosed position. In former dispensers ing the ends of the mouh together. Any flexible of this type the mouth is normally closed and or resilient material may be substituted for the the spring merely tends to return the mouth to rubber of the mouth portion. its normal condition. Interiorly of the mouth are formed the two The invention will be more fully understood sockets 5 which are designed to receive the ends from the description and drawings thereof, it beof the expansion spring. ing noted that the invention is illustrated in its In Figures 1 to 3, the pouch is shown in its vulbest known or preferred form only, changes and canized form before the addition of the metallic modifications being possible in actual embodielements. A button or snap 6 is provided for the ments thereof. filling opening and when the pouch is filled the In the drawings: flaps are overlapped as shown in Figure 7 to seal Figure 1 is a side elevation of the container in the contents.

showing the filling aperture open and without the The closure spring l0 may be a coiled or flat closure spring in position; spring. A coiled spring is shown in detail in Fig- Figure 2 is asection on the line 2'-2 of Figure 1; ure 5, the central portion being coiled and the Figure 3 is a View of the mouth as it is normally ends seated in the sockets 5 where they are held positioned; by the metal clips II.' The spring tension is ex- Figure 4 is a section at the mouth showing the erted on the two ends of the mouth to stretch it spring in position; and thus close the mouth by distorting it so that 5 Figure 5 is a view of the mouth closed, being a the lips close together. While an expansion section on the line 5--5 of Figure 4; spring which closes the mouth by stretching is Figure 6 is a plan view of the filled pouch; preferred, any other type of spring may be sub- Figure 7 is a cross-section on the line 1-1 of stituted. Figure 6; When the mouth of the dispenser is molded as 50 Figure 8 is a View looking into the filling end described, the ends are necessarily rounded as of the pouch with the inner flap tucked in place; shown at l2. In this form it would be impracand tical to close the ends of the mouth by simply Figure 9 is a View showing the mouth in open stretching the mouth as the corners would gap 65 position. open slightly. For this reason the metal clips ll extend over the extremities of the mouth, as shown in Figure 5, thus forcibly closing the mouth at these points and avoiding the objectionable gap which would otherwise be present. The outer edge of the mouth portion may be provided with a bead l4 which covers the clips I I.

The essential distinction of the pouch here shown is that the mouth is distorted from normal open position to bring it to closed or distorted position. In the other forms of devices for this urpose, the mouth is in normal condition when closed. The advantage of the present device is that when the expansive force of the spring is relaxed by pressing the ends of the mouth together, the rubber will return to normal position. This makes a certain and positive opening of the pouch, eliminating all tendency of the mouth merely to buckle when the ends are pressed together.

What is claimed is:

1. A pouch formed of rubber or like elastic material having a mouth molded therein and normally standing in spread or open condition, and a spring stretching the mouth to bring the sides thereof together.

2. A pouch having a mouth formed of vulcanized rubber, which normally stands in open or spread position, and a tension device acting on the ends of the mouth and distorting it by bringing the sides together.

3. A pouch comprising a mouth portion of resilient material which in normal condition stands open, and a spring element tending to distort the mouth toward closed position with the sides in contact.

DONALD D. KUHLKE. 

